§ MR. PARNELLasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant the Question of which he had given him Notice—Whether he has received any information of the dispersal at Newbridge, in the county of Galway, of a large public 673 meeting by Captain Mansfield, R.M., and a force of thirty police, while it was being addressed by Mr. Matthew Harris, and whether Mr. Harris has been arrested for his speech on the occasion in question, and, if so, whether this meeting was dispersed according to the provisions of the proclamation required by the Prevention of Crimes Act authorising the dispersal of public meetings?
MR. TREVELTANsaid, that, until hearing the remark of the hon. Member earlier in the evening, he was under the impression that the Question was going to be asked to-morrow. He was sorry that the Papers were mislaid; but he might say that when he saw the statements in the newspapers he at once applied for information. He had been informed by the Under Secretary that at 9 o'cock this morning he had telegraphed to have the fullest account of the transaction sent on. The hon. Member might rest assured that the matter would be carefully looked into.